CBOT corn ticks higher as traders eye yield, crop quality

CHICAGO, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade corn futures ticked higher on Tuesday as analysts assessed the quality and yield of the U.S. corn crop.

• CBOT December corn CZ25 settled up 2-1/4 cents at $4.32 per bushel.

• The U.S. corn harvest is virtually complete.

• Analysts remain unsure whether dryness and diseases during the growing period for the U.S. corn crop significantly affected the yield and quality.

• Market players were also adjusting positions ahead of world crop supply and demand reports due on Friday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that will include the agency's first U.S. and global crop estimates since September because of the U.S. government shutdown.

• A poll of analysts surveyed by Reuters on average expected the USDA to lower its U.S. corn yield estimate to 184.0 bushels per acre (bpa), from 186.7 in its last estimate released on September 12.